fell short of the 400 square miles ( 1 @ , @ 000 km ##2 ) required by the state constitution and that it reduced the counties it was carved from to less than 400 square miles ( 1 @ , @ 000 km ##2 ) . carter county joined the lawsuit , claiming the border of beck ##ham county passed too close to grayson , the seat of carter county , and vance ##burg , the seat of lewis county . the state constitution forbade county borders to pass within 10 miles ( 16 km ) of a county seat . on april 29 , 1904 , the kentucky court of appeals found in favor of the plaintiffs and dissolved beck ##ham county . during the 1906
fell short of the 400 square miles ( 1 @, @ 000 km2 ) required by the state constitution and that it reduced the counties it was carved from to less than 400 square miles ( 1 @, @ 000 km2 ). carter county joined the lawsuit, claiming the border of beckham county passed too close to grayson, the seat of carter county, and vanceburg, the seat of lewis county. the state constitution forbade county borders to pass within 10 miles ( 16 km ) of a county seat. on april 29, 1904, the kentucky court of appeals found in favor of the plaintiffs and dissolved beckham county. during the 1906